Sharon Van Etten has returned from a long hiatus with her new album Remind Me Tomorrow (out January 18th), where she evolves her sound from guitar confessionals to haunting synths, keyboards and drones. That new direction is clear in the video for her new song “Jupiter 4.” Van Etten ominously sings about finding love over instruments including a theramin: “Baby, baby, baby / I’ve been waiting, waiting waiting / my whole life for someone like you / It’s true that everyone would like to have met / A love so real.”

The video was directed by Katherine Dieckmann, who has directed videos including R.E.M.’s “Shiny Happy People,” the classic children’s show The Adventures of Pete & Pete and several films. Dieckmann directed the 2016 film Strange Weather, which Van Etten scored. According to Van Etten, the two formed a bond working on that film.

“She has not only been a guiding force in my work, but a light and guiding force in my life as well, sharing with me stories of how she and her husband made it work with two kids as artists living in New York and encouraging me to return to my music after my son was born,” Van Etten said in a statement. “I asked if she would ever want to make a music video for me. She asked what the mood would feel like and I simply said ‘apocalyptic mom.’ And with that – she said ‘Absolutely.’ That’s why I love her so much.”

Dieckmann said she set out to capture the song’s dreamlike ambiance. “The trick was to figure out how to match the power of the song with visuals that could serve its ideas without spelling any of them out. I decided right away to work in an inky black-and-white palette and use raw elements (water, fire, earth, mist, dirt, summertime’s lush meadows and blooms) as a natural support for Sharon, and shoot her as a strong sculptural presence in space, to accompany the deeply immersive quality of the track. Sharon melded herself effortlessly to every natural location, and delivered a sync performance that was so passionate and vulnerable that it struck silent everyone who was lucky enough to see it happen.”